/*
* Main entry point for bgwriter process
*
* This is invoked from AuxiliaryProcessMain, which has already created the
* basic execution environment, but not enabled signals yet.
*/
void
BackgroundWriterMain(void)
{
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/*
* Properly accept or ignore signals the postmaster might send us.
*
* bgwriter doesn't participate in ProcSignal signalling, but a SIGUSR1
* handler is still needed for latch wakeups.
*/
pqsignal(SIGHUP, BgSigHupHandler); /* set flag to read config file */
pqsignal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGTERM, ReqShutdownHandler); /* shutdown */
pqsignal(SIGQUIT, bg_quickdie); /* hard crash time */
pqsignal(SIGALRM, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
pqsignal(SIGUSR1, bgwriter_sigusr1_handler);
pqsignal(SIGUSR2, SIG_IGN);
/*
* Reset some signals that are accepted by postmaster but not here
*/
pqsignal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTIN, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGTTOU, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGCONT, SIG_DFL);
pqsignal(SIGWINCH, SIG_DFL);
/* We allow SIGQUIT (quickdie) at all times */
sigdelset(&BlockSig, SIGQUIT);
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/*
* Loop forever
*/
for (;;)
{
bool can_hibernate;
int rc;
/* Clear any already-pending wakeups */
ResetLatch(&MyProc->procLatch);
if (got_SIGHUP)
{
got_SIGHUP = false;
ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
}
if (shutdown_requested)
{
/*
* From here on, elog(ERROR) should end with exit(1), not send
* control back to the sigsetjmp block above
*/
ExitOnAnyError = true;
/* Normal exit from the bgwriter is here */
proc_exit(0); /* done */
}
/*
* Do one cycle of dirty-buffer writing.
*/
can_hibernate = BgBufferSync();
/*
* Send off activity statistics to the stats collector
*/
pgstat_send_bgwriter();
if (FirstCallSinceLastCheckpoint())
{
/*
* After any checkpoint, close all smgr files. This is so we
* won't hang onto smgr references to deleted files indefinitely.
*/
smgrcloseall();
}
/*
* Sleep until we are signaled or BgWriterDelay has elapsed.
*
* Note: the feedback control loop in BgBufferSync() expects that we
* will call it every BgWriterDelay msec. While it's not critical for
* correctness that that be exact, the feedback loop might misbehave
* if we stray too far from that. Hence, avoid loading this process
* down with latch events that are likely to happen frequently during
* normal operation.
*/
rc = WaitLatch(&MyProc->procLatch,
WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
BgWriterDelay /* ms */ );
/*
* If no latch event and BgBufferSync says nothing's happening, extend
* the sleep in "hibernation" mode, where we sleep for much longer
* than bgwriter_delay says. Fewer wakeups save electricity. When a
* backend starts using buffers again, it will wake us up by setting
* our latch. Because the extra sleep will persist only as long as no
* buffer allocations happen, this should not distort the behavior of
* BgBufferSync's control loop too badly; essentially, it will think
* that the system-wide idle interval didn't exist.
*
* There is a race condition here, in that a backend might allocate a
* buffer between the time BgBufferSync saw the alloc count as zero
* and the time we call StrategyNotifyBgWriter. While it's not
* critical that we not hibernate anyway, we try to reduce the odds of
* that by only hibernating when BgBufferSync says nothing's happening
* for two consecutive cycles. Also, we mitigate any possible
* consequences of a missed wakeup by not hibernating forever.
*/
if (rc == WL_TIMEOUT && can_hibernate && prev_hibernate)
{
/* Ask for notification at next buffer allocation */
StrategyNotifyBgWriter(&MyProc->procLatch);
/* Sleep ... */
rc = WaitLatch(&MyProc->procLatch,
WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
BgWriterDelay * HIBERNATE_FACTOR);
/* Reset the notification request in case we timed out */
StrategyNotifyBgWriter(NULL);
}
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}
}
